in that environment, women do not have an equal opportunity to survive or to help fellow soldiers survive. and there's 30 years of studies to back that up. as far as the issue of sexual assaults concerned, wow, that -- it's a huge problem, and it's getting worse. you don't make it better by transferring all the issues that involve sexual assault into those infantry battalions. in fact, when general dempsey suggested just the opposite, well, maybe this is the answer, no general, that will only make it worse, there's no reason to do that. and i'm concerned about what about the enlisted women. they don't want this. what about men who can't speak out about this. general dempsey also said if the standard's too high, we'll question why is the standard so high. that means that galley, incrementally standards will be lowered. they will be equal but lowered, and we won't have the same tough training for the infantry that we have now. >> so let me get back to your first initial comment there. are you saying that women are not as qualified as men? >> i didn't say qualified. they can serve and they a